Walter Petzel

Walter Petzel (28 December 1883-1 October 1965) was a General der Artillerie of the German Wehrmacht during World War II.

Biography
Walter Petzel was born in Oborzysk, Province of Posen, German Empire on 28 December 1883, and he served as an Imperial German Army officer during World War I before transferring to the Reichswehr during the Interwar period. In 1939, a year after his promotion to Generalleutnant, he took command of the I Armeekorps, which he led during the invasion of Poland. Afterwards, he was given command of two military districts, with his headquarters in Posen. He retired on 29 January 1945 just before the region was overrun by the Soviet Red Army.